Wagon-box or hay-rack lifter.



No. 736,004. PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903.

" L. PAUL.

WAGON BOX 0R HAY RACK LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1903.

0 MODEL 1.

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PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS PAUL, or OSWEGO, KANSAS.

WAGON-BOX QR HAY-RACK LIFTER.

$PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters'latent No. 736,004, dated August11, 1903.

' Application filed May 14; 1903.

T aZZ-whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS PAUL, a citizen of the United States, residingat Oswego, in the county of Labette and State of Kansas, have invented anew and useful Wagon-Box or Hay-Rack Lifter, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in wagon-body and hay-racklifters.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofwagon-box and hay-rack lifters and to provide a simple and comparativelyinexpensive one of great strength and durability adapted to be readilyoperated by one person and capable of enabling the same to readilyremove a wagonbox or hay-frame from a running-gear and to replace suchwagon-box or hay-rack frame thereon.

With these and other objectsin view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointedout in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of constructionwithin the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wagon-box andhay-rack lifter constructed in accordance with thisinvention, a hay-rackbeing suspended from it. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view takenlongitudinally of the lever-frame.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the draw ings.

1 1 designate uprights connected at their upper ends by a topcross-piece 2 and forming with the same a supporting-frame for themechanism for lifting a wagon-box or hayrack from a running-gear. Thehorizontal connecting or top bar 2 is provided with a centralperforation for the reception of a pivot-bolt 3, which also passesthrough a horizontal supporting-bar 4, and the latter, which is arrangedupon the connecting top bar 2, extends from opposite sides of thesupporting-frame and is adapted to support an ap- Serial No. 157,167.(No model.)

proximately triangular lever-frame 5. The triangular lever-frame, whichis composed of side bars or levers 6 and connecting front bars 7, issuspended from the horizontal bar 4 by hangers 8, consisting of clipslinked into each other and secured bybolts or other suitable fasteningdevices to the bar 4c and to the side bars 6. The side bars or levers 6arefulcrumed by means of the hangers; but any other suitable means maybe employed for this purpose. The side bars or levers 6 are'connected inrear of the supporting-frame by cross-pieces 9, arranged above and belowthe bars-6 and bracing the same. The front of-the frame may also bereinforced by suitable braces,if desired. The triangular frame, which isof sufficient size to rotate clear of the supporting-frame, is providedat its front with suitable means for connecting it with a wagon-body orhayrack. These means may consist of rings 10 and flexible connections11; but any other means may be employed for this purpose, as will bereadily understood. The rear end or apex of the triangular leverframe isconnected by an eyebolt or other suitable means to one end of ahoisting-rope 12, which extends downward from the triangular lever-frameto a pulley 13. The pulley, which is arranged in a block or casing, issuitably anchored to a post or stake 14, and the hoisting-rope extendsfrom the guide-pulley 13 to a Windlass-shaft 15, which is journaled insuitable bearings of the post 1. The Windlass may be journaled on thepost in any desired manner, as will be readily understood, and it isprovided with a ratchet 16 for engagement with a pawl 17,whereby thetriangular lever-frame is held at the desired adj ustment.

When it is desired to remove a wagon-box 1 or hay-frame from arunning-gear, the latter is driven beneath the front portion of thelever-frame and the flexible connections 11 are attached to the body orbox or rack. The lever-frame is then oscillated by means of a windlasstoswing the front portion upward, and thereby lift the box or rackfrom therunning-gear. The running-gear is then driven from under the box orrack, and the latter is lowered to the ground. The leverframe may beswung horizontally, if desired. When the box or rack is to be replacedon the running-gear, it is elevated by means of the Windlass, and therunning-gear is driven beneath it. The box or rack is then lowered uponthe runningear.

This construction will enable one person to readily remove a box or rackfrom a running-gear and to replace the same thereon.

What is claimed is 1. A wagon-box and hay-rack lifter comprising asupporting-frame, a horizontal supporting-bar pivotally mounted on thesupporting-frame and extending from opposite sides thereof, an openlever-frame surr0unding the supporting-frame and supported by thehorizontal bar, means for connecting the open lever-frame with awagon-body or hayrack, and means for operating the leverframe,substantially as described.

2. A wagon-box and hay-rack lifter comprising a supporting-framecomposed of uprights, and a connecting-piece, a horizontalsupporting-bar pivotally mounted on the supporting-frame, anapproximately triangular lever-frame suspended from the supportingbarand arranged to swing upward and downward, means arranged at the frontof the lever-frame for connecting the same with a wagon-box or hay-rack,and operating mechanism connected with the rear portion of thelever-frame, substantially as described.

3. A wagon-box and hay-rack lifter comprising a supporting-framecomposed of uprights, and a connecting top piece, a horizontalsupporting-bar pivoted to the top piece and arranged to swinghorizontally, a leverframe carried by the horizontal bar and fulcrumedbetween its ends, means arranged at the front of the lever-frame forconnecting the same with a wagon-box or hay-rack, a guide-pulley locatedbeneath the back of the frame, a Windlass mounted on the uprights, and ahoisting-rope extending from the Windlass to the rear of the lever-frameand arranged on the guide-pulley, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS PAUL.

Witnesses:

WM. RUnIsILL, J. A. WARBURTON.

